Network Configuration?

[abugeja]

Hi,

Has anyone got the best VMware practise how to configure the network on a ESXi host when its connected to a HP C7000 enclosure using shared uplinks? Do we use IP Hash or Port ID? Network team will be doing the configuration using a port channel to give us 20Gb bandwidth on each Bay between the 2 x 10Gb links.

ESXi Host Config

Management - vswitch0 - 2 x 8Gb

Public Traffic - vswitch1 - 2 x 10Gb

Virtual Connect

Bay 1 (management)

2 x 10Gb (Port channel) = 20Gb

Bay 2 (management)

2 x 10Gb (Port channel) = 20Gb

Public Traffic

Bay 1 (management)

2 x 10Gb (Port channel) = 20Gb

Bay 2 (management)

2 x 10Gb (Port channel) = 20Gb

Thanks

[abugeja]

anyone?

[bayupw]

Hi, have you found your solution?

Normally on blade system (without pass-through module) EtherChannel/LACP/Link Aggregation with IP Hash on vSwitch/VDS is not required. see this KB Sample configuration of EtherChannel / Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) with ESXi/ESX and Ci...

Depends on your config but as far as I know HP Virtual Connect doesn't support IP Hash as the individual vmnics will be going to different VC modules and will not be in the same LACP group.

Check below links:

HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric Cookbook http://h20564.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=c02616817

Setup for VMware, HP Virtual Connect, and HP IRF all together – Data Center Notes